The Cuban Triangle

Another nugget from Fidel published in Granma, this one from December 1, 1986 (my translation): “Many don’t understand that the socia...

My testimony in a hearing today before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is here (pdf) . Chairman Berman’s opening statement is...

Yoani Sanchez publishes seven questions ( English here ) for the presidents of Cuba and the United States , says she has answers from Presi...

AFP : The United States and Cuba are planning a second round of migration talks in December, no date chosen yet. A s...

A Herald op-ed calling for repeal of U.S. travel restrictions by Senator Richard Lugar and Congressman Howard Berman, respectively the top ...

The World Bank has just updated its World Development Indicators and Google has made the Bank’s data series available in its search functio...

In advance of the 490 th anniversary of the founding of Havana next Monday, the Boston Globe’s website has a terrific photo essay by Hava...

“In the history of society I don't remember any situation where economic accumulation has advanced because some charismatic leader says,...

The Herald reports on the changing activities of Cuban bloggers ; as Reynaldo Escobar put it, “Some people have been doing ac...

Today's Granma runs a one-paragraph Fidel quote from 1986 about the error of “underutilizing human resources,” something that “teaches ...

The archbishop in charge of the Vatican’s communications council visited Cuba with the request that the Church have “normal...

En route to a march at 23d and G in Havana ’s Vedado neighborhood on Friday, Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was detained, packed into a car, an...

Omara Portuondo got a visa to come to the United States and present at the Latin Grammy awards last night, and it’s a good thing – she ...

Mercifully, this has been the hurricane season that wasn’t… this storm , now southwest of Cuba , could graze the island’s wes...

Last week I noted an AP article about a farmers market in Havana where word came down from Communist Party officials that price controls ...

Rep. Howard Berman, House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, announces a November 18 hearing with the topic: “Is it Time to Lift the Ban o...

Now that Cuba has named a new ambassador to the Vatican (Eduardo Delgado Bermudez) and President Obama named Cuban American Miguel Diaz to...

Reuters : A Russian state oil company buys rights to explore in four blocs in Cuba , two offshore two on land. TIME mag...

It’s wrong to say that the United States has not tried engagement with Cuba , even under hard-line policies. President Bush offere...

Cuba ’s purchases of U.S.agricultural products are down about 32 percent this year, a time when Cuba ’s overall trade volume was down 36 per...

Ted Henken on the Internet, public debate in Cuba , and the spat between Rafael Hernandez and Yoani Sanchez. Hollywood ...

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